by - April 9, 2024 9:10 am
Gov. Sarah Sanders announced the following appointments on Tuesday (April 9): Board of Trustees of Southern Arkansas University Gary Sewell, El Dorado, to the Board of Trustees of Southern Arkansas…
by - April 8, 2024 6:23 pm
Impact Management Group (IMG), a Little Rock-based government affairs and political communications firm, announced that Ashley Bearden Campbell has been promoted to partner effective immediately. Campbell joined IMG in 2009…
by - April 7, 2024 10:51 am
Dr. Melissa Taverner, president of Lyon College in Batesville, said the timeline is still intact for a Little Rock campus for a dental and veterinarian school to receive its first…
by - April 7, 2024 8:51 am
Senate President Bart Hester, R-Cave Springs, is ready for next week’s fiscal session, but he warns that tax cuts are unlikely until after the fiscal year closes in June. Hester…
by - April 6, 2024 11:28 am
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Sanders on Friday (April 5) called for a special convention to fill the vacancy for the GOP nomination in the House District 66 race. Nick Priest, the…
by - April 5, 2024 4:09 am
Mississippi County has received $2 million in federal funding to begin a comprehensive clean-up effort at the Arkansas Aeroplex, formerly known as the Eaker Air Force Base, in Blytheville. This…
by - April 3, 2024 5:12 pm
The Arkansas State Broadband Office has received approval for its Digital Skills and Opportunity Plan from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). In 2022, the…
by - April 3, 2024 6:55 am
Three runoff races held Tuesday (April 2) have settled the party nominees in Arkansas House of Representatives seats in the Delta and Southwest Arkansas. In House District 35, Democrat Jessie…
by - April 2, 2024 5:12 pm
Arkansas State University-Mountain Home (ASUMH) will receive $450,000 from the Delta Workforce Grant Program through the Delta Regional Authority to establish an extrusion and injection molding program. It’s part of…
by - April 2, 2024 10:59 am
The Arkansas Securities Department ordered Sigue Corp. of San Fernando, Calif., to cease engaging in money transmission activities in Arkansas. The state regulatory agency said the company can no longer…
by - April 2, 2024 10:46 am
The Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) announced Tuesday (April 2) that proposals are now being accepted for the 2024 Grid Enhancement Grant funding. More than $10 million will…
by - April 2, 2024 10:36 am
Lyon College will receive $15 million in funding from the federal government that will be used to form the school’s new dental and veterinarian schools. The U.S. Senate approved a…
by - April 1, 2024 7:08 pm
Gov. Sarah Sanders said Monday (April 1) that a new cohort of eligible students could begin the application process for Education Freedom Accounts, the voucher program constructed under her LEARNS…
by - April 1, 2024 9:48 am
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture has added Arkansas Agritourism to the multi-platform website that includes the Arkansas Grown and Arkansas Farm to School websites. This collaboration connects consumers to local…
by - March 31, 2024 7:37 pm
The Arkansas Department of Commerce has named Cody Waits as the first director of the newly created Arkansas Workforce Connection division. Waits was director of the Arkansas Office of Skills…
by - March 31, 2024 7:21 pm
Former U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater will be the keynote speaker for City Year Little Rock’s 3rd annual Red Jacket Luncheon in May. Held in advance of the…
by - March 29, 2024 8:00 am
Marcus Jones, the retired U.S. Army colonel running as a Democrat to replace U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Little Rock, said he would support veterans in Congress and announced he was…
by - March 27, 2024 10:20 am
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute received a five-year, $11.48 million federal grant to create the Center for Molecular Interactions in Cancer (CMIC)….
by - March 26, 2024 2:21 pm
Americold Realty Trust, a global leader in temperature-controlled logistics and real estate, held a ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday (March 26) for its latest expansion of its Russellville facility. Atlanta-based Americold…
by - March 26, 2024 7:34 am
There will be a new format in the annual Hoops for Kids’ Sake charity basketball game that pits the Arkansas House of Representatives versus the State Senate. The ninth modern-era…
